From Footprints to Frontlines - You’re Invited

Dear {{First name|Enabler}},

This year, we’re marking two historic milestones: EiE turns 15, and our flagship program, #OfficeOfTheCitizen (OOTC), turns 10.

We’re beginning the celebrations with an intimate dinner for OOTC@10 on Friday, October 10. This evening will bring together our enablers - past, present, and future - to reflect on a decade of connecting citizens to leaders, amplifying community voices, and inspiring collective action.

Later in the year, on Friday, December 10, we will host the EiE@15 Anniversary Gala - a larger celebration of our 15-year journey, fittingly on Human Rights Day.

But first, we want you with us in October. As one of our valued Enablers, your presence at OOTC@10 means more than just attending; it’s about celebrating a movement you helped build.

Over the last 15 years, EiE has shown that when citizens speak, leaders must listen. From protests to the ballot box, concerts, airwaves and even the big screen, our work has created ripples of change across Nigeria.

Dear {{First name|Enabler}}, in 2015, when young Shawn lost his life to medical negligence, we refused to let it be another forgotten tragedy. Through the Office of the Citizen, we stood with his family and pushed for accountability. Four years later, the doctor was found guilty - a landmark victory in a system where justice is rare.

That same determination birthed #RSVP – Register | Select | Vote | Protect. What began in 2011 as a youth-driven call to the ballot has grown into Nigeria’s longest-running voter movement, with over 30 debates organised. Millions have been mobilised, and leaders’ promises now live in the public record, a tool for citizens and the media to demand accountability.

Our Office of the Citizen radio programs have amplified everyday struggles and forced governments to act. From Zamfara to Enugu, Cross River to Ogun, broadcasts have restored collapsing schools, stopped police extortion, and even scrapped a governor’s wasteful foreign trip. In 2019 alone, we ran programs in 33 states and the FCT, proving that radio remains a powerful megaphone for accountability.

And when politics felt distant, we’ve turned to pop culture - the heartbeat of young Nigerians. From street protests with stars like Omotola and Charly Boy, to concerts with 2Baba and Falz, leveraging and amplifying the Power of 1 film and the recent Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti biopic, we’ve used music and film to turn civic action into something millions can see, feel, and own.

These stories are only a glimpse of our footprints and frontlines and why this year’s two anniversaries matter, but there’s still so much to do.

Our ₦750 million ($500,000) fundraising campaign continues. With your support, we will:

Thank you for keeping us in your hearts, even in difficult times. We don’t take it for granted.

Let’s keep going. Nigeria needs you.

See you next Friday!